Choral

A traditional Irish Blessing set to a gentle, flowing melody, perfect for almost any occasion, but particularly comforting during a season of uncertainty or grief.   Also available in SATB and TTBB voicings. Companion products (digital...

New life is breathed into the much-loved original hymn in this thoughtful new setting. . . so gentle yet so strong. Scored for SATB Choir and Piano, it is also available for TTBB and SSAA. Score and parts for full orchestra are also available...

A musical portrayal of a quiet voice of faith, praise and hope in the midst of suffering and tragedy for 8-part a cappella choir.  Also available for TTBB (BP1966) Also available in other voicings: Ukrainian Alleluia TTBB

Beckenhorst welcomes Nancy Ruth Durance to our catalog with this setting of "Open my eyes that I may see". Gentle syncopations in piano and voices provide murmuring motion in a reverent and hopeful setting that eventually soars with imitative layers...

A haunting and soulful treatment of the well-known spiritual. The choral writing is refined yet simple, and instrumental echoes of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" add further depth of expression. Optional instrumental solo (cello, violin, or...

The ancient Ubi Caritas chant is transported into the 21st century in this masterful setting, slowly unfolding layer after layer of beauty, and gradually adding vocal polyphony over an ethereal piano accompaniment. Optional chamber orchestra or...

An exhilarating new festival setting of Wesley's revered hymn text, to HYFRYDOL. Rhythmic accents, brilliant scoring, motivic development, optional congregational involvement, a cappella middle stanza, and soaring descant (yet easily learnable choral...

A Virtual Choir Kit is available for this piece. We welcome Elaine Hagenberg to the Beckenhorst catalog with this beautiful arrangement of a traditional Shaker hymn for SATB choir with piano accompaniment. Perfect as a warm, affirmative call or...

A faith-building anthem with scriptural themes all culminating with the admonition to not be afraid. Scored for SATB with a solo line. Well within the reach of the average church choir.

With text based on Psalm 46:10, this Mary McDonald anthem offers the tender admonition to be still and know that I am God balanced with the quiet promise of the gift of peace. Scored for SATB with piano accompaniment, this beautiful anthem is well within...

Scored for SATB choir, piano, and optional string quintet/orchestra and percussion, this work is brimming with the joy of a new day surrounded by life and beauty, and uniquely captures the magic of e.e. cummings’ beloved poem in a...

Here is a concert-ready arrangement of the contemporary classic with the flexibility to be performed with or without piano. The string accompaniment provides another option either as strings alone with choir or as solo instruments to add texture to the...

The mark of a successful hymn arrangement is that it provides an opportunity to experience something familiar in an unfamiliar way.  Dan Forrest begins with a beautifully evocative piano motif and, by pairing it with the hymntune, creates a truly...

Dan Forrest’s setting of Psalm 118, written for a tour of the Holy Land, captures the fresh wonder of a new day – in the land where the psalmist wrote these words, or wherever we are on God’s earth. The gentle joy of this anthem leads...

Now available for Treble choirs, this soaring original setting of Frances Havergal’s text combined with Scripture provides a much-needed message of hope. A shimmering accompaniment and easily learned vocal lines open this work to choirs of all sizes for...

"Do you not know? Have you not heard Who spoke you into being with a word? That Word ensures forevermore: the Everlasting God, He is the Lord." Pamela Stewart's text brings Isaiah 40 to life to modern ears, and Craig Courtney's musical setting is deeply...

A contemplative arrangement of the well-known and beloved hymn set for SATB choir and piano with an optional cello line (cello part included in the octavo). Suitable for any service of worship and especially effective during Lent.

This beautiful setting of the familiar SOFTLY AND TENDERLY is full of rich, pleading solo melody supported by warm, stirring choral development. Scored for SATB choir and piano with full score and parts for small string ensemble and oboe available for...

New words by the composer committing to praise even through times of difficulty are set to the lovely Scottish LOCH LOMOND folksong. "...When questions I spin echo answerless within, even then, still I sing, Alleluia...". Your worship will be deeper and...

This exuberant piece is the inaugural work in the new Beckenhorst Press Concert Series for school, community, and college choirs, edited by Dan Forrest. Commissioned by the Eastern Division of ACDA for their 2020 Conference, Marques L. A. Garrett's...

Howard Helvey offers us a new arrangement of this well-known spiritual that literally sparkles.  Passing the melody between the voices, adding slight rhythmic variations in phrases, a brief foray into a newly-composed refrain and a jazz-based...

This rugged early American tune provides an assertive choral repertoire option during the Lenten season: "Take up your cross, the Savior said, if you would my disciple be; take up your cross with willing heart, and humbly follow after me." For SAB or...

A powerful statement of faith based on Lord’s Day 1 of the Heidelberg Catechism: “What is your only comfort in life and death? That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ...

A beautiful, thoughtful arrangement of a hymn textually rich in theological truth.  The SATB choral parts develop in increasing complexity, including a warm a cappella section, combining seamlessly with the gentle piano accompaniment and violin...

Kyle Pederson's gift for songwriting is on full display in this heartfelt prayer for peace. Folk and classical styles blend seamlessly as the choir both asks for shalom, then offers shalom to the listener, to friends and family, to those we don't know,...